Seeing hope in Trump, local anti-abortion advocates head to D.C. rally
This march-on-Washington thing is nothing new for Jane Finn, a 71-year-old who has boarded a bus almost every January for the past 32 years to participate in the March for Life.
Unlike last weekend’s Women’s March, which drew throngs of sudden activists to Washington and other cities to demonstrate for women’s rights, Friday’s March for Life is an annual ritual for women on the opposite side of the spectrum, those who want to end abortion. And suddenly, Finn realizes, her crowd is being heard.
Just days into President Trump’s administration, the anti-abortion movement has logged progress on two of its four top agenda items, on expanding protections against government funding for abortions both in the United States and overseas.
For the first time, a presidential administration will be represented at the march; in addition to remarks from presidential aide Kellyanne Conway, a longtime abortion opponent, the crowd will hear from Vice President Mike Pence himself.
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